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November 30, 2021 (Dallas, Texas) – Rochester Gauges, LLC (“Rochester”), a designer and manufacturer of liquid level gauges and sensors, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Concept Technology (“CTI”). The acquisition of CTI is part of a multi-year strategy to expand Rochester’s technical portfolio and footprint within the liquid level measurement segment.

Founded in 1981, St Louis, Missouri-based Concept Technology is a manufacturer of sensors that measure liquid levels for commercial refrigeration applications. The company has a strong reputation of being a very customer-centric organization that manufacturers high-quality products that fit the needs of each customer.

Ben Lease, President at Rochester Gauges commented, “We are excited about the acquisition of Concept Technology as it provides us with additional products for our current customers and further expands our presence in the commercial refrigeration space. CTI’s existing customer base can leverage our extensive resources in liquid level measurement, including additional products and deep design and engineering resources. We look forward to continuing to serve the CTI customer base with high quality product.”

About Concept Technology

Concept Technology is a manufacturer of liquid level sensors, switches and other electronic components utilizing capacitive, optical and hall effect sensor technologies. Based in St. Louis, MO, CTI primarily serves OEM customers in the commercial refrigeration market.

About Rochester Gauges

Rochester Gauges (rochestergauges.com) is a manufacturer of liquid level gauges, switches and sensors for various applications, such as on-road and off-road equipment, residential and commercial propane, fork truck, recreational marine, RV, lawn and garden equipment, power generation and general aviation. Rochester has manufacturing facilities in Dallas, Texas; Mexico City, Mexico; Warwick, UK; Brussels, Belgium with a sales office in Shanghai, China.

About Renovo

Renovo Capital, LLC (renovocapital.com) is a Dallas-based private equity fund that partners with business owners, entrepreneurs and management teams to invest in specialty manufacturing and business service companies. Renovo’s principals and network of operating professionals have decades of experience providing operational and strategic leadership to drive long term business value creation. Renovo Capital has offices in Dallas and Denver.

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October 31, 2019 (Dallas, Texas) – Rochester Gauges, LLC (“Rochester”), a designer and manufacturer of liquid level gauges and sensors, announced today that it has acquired 100% of the capital stock of Fozmula Limited (“Fozmula”) from HB4.  The acquisition of Fozmula is part of a multi-year strategy to expand Rochester’s technical portfolio and global footprint within the liquid level measurement segment.

Founded in 1977 in Warwick, UK, Fozmula is a designer and manufacturer of liquid level sensors.  The company is a leader in capacitive technology, servicing the power generation, construction, agricultural and industrial markets.

Ben Lease, President of Rochester Gauges commented, “We are thrilled to welcome Fozmula to the Rochester family.  The combination is extremely synergistic, allowing us to offer Fozmula’s industry leading capacitive products to our current customers, and our broad range of reed-based and guided wave radar products to theirs.  The Warwick facility and team will provide Rochester the scale and resources necessary to service the European market.  We are also delighted to be cooperating with the HB4 team on supply chain, design and automation projects.”

Paul Holtby, Director of Fozmula added, “The combination with Rochester will allow Fozmula to continue operating from its location in Warwick, UK but provide a broader product catalogue and deep engineering and operational resources to our existing customers.  Fozmula’s strength in Europe and capacitive level technology will help to accelerate global growth of the combined businesses.”

About Fozmula Limited

Fozmula specializes in the design, development and manufacture of a wide range of electro-mechanical, mechanical and electronic sensors and gauges for equipment requiring liquid level, temperature and pressure measurement.  Fozmula has a global customer base across the power generation, specialty vehicle and construction equipment industries.  Fozmula was acquired by HB4 in 2016.

About Rochester Gauges

Rochester Gauges is a manufacturer of gauges and sensors that measure liquid levels of various fuels, including propane, gasoline and diesel for many different applications, such as residential and commercial propane tanks, forklifts, RV’s, lawn and garden equipment, tractors, marine and personal aircraft.  Rochester has manufacturing facilities in Dallas, Texas; Mexico City, Mexico; Brussels, Belgium with a sales office in Shanghai, China.  Rochester was acquired by Renovo Capital in 2018.

About HB4:

HB4 is a family holding company operating in the industrial, real estate, automotive and interior design sectors in Italy and Europe.  HB4 focuses on technological know-how and increases innovation of its portfolio companies through the transfer of technology between the different sectors in which it operates.

About Renovo

Renovo Capital, LLC is a Dallas-based private equity fund that partners with business owners, entrepreneurs and management teams to invest in specialty manufacturing and business service companies. Renovo’s principals and network of operating professionals have decades of experience providing operational and strategic leadership to drive long term business value creation. Renovo Capital has offices in Dallas and Denver.

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Matt Farrell
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matt.farrell@renovocap.com

June 24, 2019 (Dallas, Texas) – Rochester Gauges, LLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of FPI Sensors. The acquisition of FPI Sensors further expands Rochester’s market share in the liquid level sensor space. Since the acquisition by Renovo, Rochester continues to build on its legacy of providing quality product and industry-leading customer service in addition to growing through development of leading-edge technologies and additional acquisitions in the liquid level measurement space.

Founded in 1997, Eagan, Minneapolis-based FPI is a manufacturer of sensors that measure liquid levels. The company has a strong reputation of being a very customer-centric organization that designs and manufacturers high-quality products that fit the needs of each customer.

Ben Lease, President at Rochester Gauges commented, “We are excited about the acquisition of FPI as it provides us with additional product offering for our current customers as well as allows FPI’s existing customer base to leverage our extensive resources in liquid level measurement, including additional products and deep design and engineering resources. We look forward to continuing to serve the FPI customer base with high quality product.”
About FPI Sensors

FPI Sensors is a manufacturer of float level switches and liquid level sensors primarily utilizing reed switch technology. Based in Eagan, MN, FPI serves customers utilizing many different end use applications including oil and water separators, wastewater treatment, fuel tanks, marine application, chemical processing and heavy construction equipment.

About Rochester Gauges
Rochester Gauges is a manufacturer of gauges and sensors that measure liquid levels of various fuels, including propane, gasoline and diesel for various applications, such as residential and commercial propane tanks, forklifts, RV’s, lawn and garden equipment, tractors and personal aircraft. Rochester has manufacturing facilities in Dallas, Texas; Mexico City, Mexico; Brussels, Belgium with a sales office in Shanghai, China. Learn more at rochestergauges.com

About Renovo
Renovo Capital, LLC (www.renovocapital.com) is a Dallas-based private equity fund that partners with business owners, entrepreneurs and management teams to invest in specialty manufacturing and business service companies. Renovo’s principals and network of operating professionals have decades of experience providing operational and strategic leadership to drive long term business value creation. Renovo Capital has offices in Dallas and Denver.

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Matt Farrell

214.699.4968
matt.farrell@renovocap.com